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Daniel Roelfs
Biomedical researcher in Computational Psychiatry at the Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT) with a focus on neuroimaging and genetics
Work Experience
Doctoral Research Fellow
Multimodal Imaging group at NORMENT
University of Oslo
present - 2019
- PhD position on neuroimaging and genetics
- Running a study from conception through writing the final manuscript
- Writing scripts and pipelines in R, Python, and MATLAB
Research Assistant
EEG Group at NORMENT
University of Oslo
2019 - 2018
- Managing EEG data, data preprocessing and analysis, training new EEG testers, performing EEG experiments
- Maintaining and adapting preprocessing pipelines for EEG data
Research Assistant
Department of Medical Physics
Rikshospitalet, OUS
2019 - 2018
- Data collection, managment, and processing in an MRI study on sleep deprivation
- Preprocessing and analyzing the imaging data and preparing datasets for collaborators
- Processing and analyzing of data from the video camera
Erasmus Traineeship
EEG Group at NORMENT
University of Oslo
2018 - 2017
- Planning and running EEG experiments on participants
- Processing and analyzing EEG data using MATLAB
Research Intern
Brain Institute
University Medical Centre Utrecht, NL
2016 - 2015
- Idenifying risk factors associated with poor prognosis in children with CD or ODD
Undergraduate Research Intern
Emergis, Institute for Psychiatric and Mental Health Care
Goes, NL
2015 - 2014
- Identifying risk factors associated with physical restraint in acute psychiatric care
Undergraduate Research Intern
Erasmus Cancer Institute Rotterdam
Rotterdam, NL
2014
- Status research into comorbidities associated with different cancer therapies
Education
The PhD program at the University of Oslo has a distinct research component and educational component. Both need to be fulfilled to qualify for the PhD defense.
PhD, Doctoral Education
University of Oslo
Oslo, NO
present - 2019
- Doctoral education at the Institute of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oslo
- Courses relevant to neurobiology, advanced statistics, and other academic and non-academic skills
MSc, Biomedicine
Lund University
Lund, SE
2018 - 2016
- Master’s program in Biomedicine at the Faculty of Medicine
- Focus on molecular biology and neuroscience
BSc, Pre-medical track
University College Roosevelt, Utrecht University
Middelburg, NL
2015 - 2012
- Major in the pre-medical science track, minor in philosophy
- Liberal Arts & Science program
- Honors College
Epidemiology (summer course)
University College Roosevelt, Utrecht University
Middelburg, NL
2014
- Summer course in theory and methods behind epidemiology
French Language & Literature (summer course)
Université de Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
Paris, FR
2013
- Summer course in French language and literature
Clinical Experience
Assistant nurse/phlebotomist
Gelre Hospital Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn, NL
2016
Awards
ECIP Oral Finalist
World Congress of Psychiatry Genetics
N/A
2021
- Awarded to promising oral presentations from early-career researchers
International Training Grant
Norwegian Research School in Neuroscience
N/A
2019
- Grant awarded to scientists to receive training abroad that’ll benefit their research in Norway
Sparbanken Skåne Master Prize
Sparbanksstiftelsen Färs & Frosta, Lund University
N/A
2019
- Awarded to the best master theses in the field of neuroscience
Commissions
I only listed instances where I was invited for a position on a committee or an organization
Committee Member
NORMENT Early Career Researchers Meeting
N/A
2021 - 2020
- Organising the conference for early-career researchers at NORMENT
- Feedback with NORMENT leadership, the venue, and participants
Committee Member
Norwegian Research School in Neuroscience
N/A
2021 - 2019
- Organization of the national conference for neuroscience PhD candidates
General Board Member (Fundraising portfolio)
The Netherlands Red Cross Student Desk Zeeland
N/A
2015 - 2014
- Coordination with regional and national Red Cross offices
- Organization of first aid stations at local festivals and events
Portfolio
I occasionally write blogposts that serve as tutorials or showcases for how I solve certain data science problems
Personal website/blog
N/A
present - 2019
Talks & Presentations
N/A
present - 2019
Bilkollektivet Trip Cost Calculator
danielroelfs.shinyapps.io/bilkollektivet
N/A
present - 2020
- Interactive web app to quickly calculate and compare the cost of a trip with car-sharing service Bilkollektivet
Virtual Open Science Escape Room
norment.github.io/ecrm20_escaperoom
N/A
2020
- Developed for scientists to learn about open science in a social setting
Introduction To Basic Statistics in R
N/A
2019
- Gentle introduction to performing statistical analysis and plotting in R
- Intended for NORMENT employees and other medical researchers
{normentR} R package
N/A
2019
- R package for internal use at NORMENT
- Contains function to simulate data for debugging and testing analysis and data visualization pipelines
Selected Publications
Full list of articles on which I am a (co-)author is available on my ORCID or Google Scholar profile
Genetic overlap between multivariate measures of human functional brain connectivity and psychiatric disorders
N/A
2022
- First author
- Co-authored with a.o. Oleksandr Frei, Dennis van der Meer, Ole Andreassen, Lars Westlye, and supervised by Tobias Kaufmann
The genetic architecture of human cortical folding
N/A
2021
- Co-author, first author is Dennis van der Meer
Disclaimer
Last updated on 2022-03-23.